Scott Siegler ’69, a TV and film producer and studio executive, will speak on "Visual Media: How It Got Where It Is; Why It Never Gets Where It's Going” on Wednesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.

The talk will address the evolution of visual media over the last 40 years, from the film era through television and into the age of YouTube and social gaming. 

A former president of TriStar TV and Columbia Pictures TV, Siegler is a partner at the media investment firm ZelnickMedia.

He has been responsible for shows such as Night Court, Growing Pains, Magnum PI and Simon and Simon.

As a Union student, he was an English major who served as editor of The Idol. He was a graduate student in literature and a documentary filmmaker.